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- proper noun Hinduism The foster mother of Lord
Krishna . - proper noun A female
given name
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Examples
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Balarama and Krishna, after bowing to their foster parents, Nanda and Yasoda and receiving their benedictions, depart for
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Krishna opens it and looking inside, Yasoda sees the three worlds.
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Balarama enters their house, Nanda and Yasoda weep with joy.
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Gokula, dilating on his baby pranks, his capacity for mischief, the love he arouses in the hearts of his foster-mother, Yasoda, and of all the married cowgirls and, secondly, on his supernatural powers and skill in ridding the country of troublesome demons.
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Entranced by her appearance, Yasoda allows her to hold the baby Krishna and then to suckle him.
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When she sees that Krishna is safe, Yasoda unties him from the mortar and hugs him to her.
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Krishna and Balarama greet Nanda and Yasoda with loving respect, while the cowgirls are excited beyond description.
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A few days later, Udho returns to Mathura bringing with him milk and butter as presents to Krishna from Nanda and Yasoda and escorting Rohini,
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During his life among the cowherds, Krishna was on two occasions confronted with a forest fire -- the first, on the night following his struggle with Kaliya the snake when Nanda, Yasoda and other cowherds and cowgirls were also present and the second, following Balarama's encounter with the demon Pralamba (Plate 10), when only cowherd boys were with him.
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As Yasoda sets Krishna down, Trinavarta seizes him and whirls him into the air.
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